A way to ensure that a system tray icon is removed… guaranteed

Question

Is there a way to guarantee that your system tray icon is removed?

To add the system tray icon you do:

Shell_NotifyIcon(NIM_ADD, &m_tnd);
         


        

Answer 1

Hmm, you can always have an external monitor process call SendMessage with the WM_PAINT message to the system tray window (which you would have to do based on the class of the window). That should remove the icon which is no longer valid.